Name: Facklamia miroungae Hoyles et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.roung’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. miroungae, of Mirounga, named because the organism was isolated from the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A/G13/99/2; CCUG 42728; CIP 106764

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16S rRNA gene: AJ277381 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E, Thomson LF, Collins MD. Facklamia miroungae sp. nov., from a juvenile southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1401-1403.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Facklamia Collins et al. 1997

Assigned by: Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E, Thomson LF, Collins MD. Facklamia miroungae sp. nov., from a juvenile southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1401-1403.

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Record number: 783828